FLIGHT International 4 January 1973
INDUSTRY
International
Boeing (Seattle, Wash) has formed
three of its operation organisations
into companies and these will conduct
the bulk of Boeing's operating activity.
The companies are Boeing Commercial
Airplane (Renton, Wash), responsible
for commercial jet transports, with
Mr E. H. Boullion as president; Boeing
Aerospace (Kent, Wash), responsible
for military, space and non-aerospace
programmes, with Mr Oliver C. Boileau
as president; and Boeing Vertol
(Philadelphia, Penn), responsible for
helicopters, with Mr Howard N.
Steverude as president.
A new range of tractor-mounted
400Hz ground power units has been
introduced by the Motor Generator
Division, Hobart Brothers Co, Troy,
Ohio 45373. Each self-contained Super-
jet unit, available with 60kVA or
90k VA output, has a brushless alterna
tor, solid-state magnetic amplifier regu
lator and modular controls. The units
can be rolled out 40in from the tractor
to allow easy access, and sound-absorb
ing materials are claimed to keep noise
levels to a maximum 90dBA at 15ft.
An aviation personnel agency has
been formed by Air Center—contact
Jim Kleypas, Wiley Post Airport, PO
Box 32168, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73132; tel (405) 789-4020. The service
A technician from Honeywell's Aerospace
Division (St Petersburg, Fla) checks a digital
operational computer, part of the attitude-
control system for Nasa's ATS-F satellite
is available for maintenance and man
agement personnel as well as for air
crew. Air Center also operates a school
of aeronautics offering flight and
ground training.
Redifon (Broomhill Rd, London
SW18 4JQ) has formed a new com
pany, Redifon Electronic Systems, to
take over the activities of the parent
company's Data Systems Division and
Radar Simulator Division. The chair
man and managing director of the new
company are Mr T. A Cross and Mr
E. W. Warren respectively.
Who's selling what
Malaysian Airline System has placed
an order worth more than £90,000 with
Link-Miles (Lancing, Sussex) for an
F.27 simulator.
North American Rockwell (Los
Angeles, Calif) has awarded a sub
contract worth more than $1 million
to Kaman Aerospace (Bloomfield,
Conn) under which Kaman will build
engine-access doors for B-1A flight
and static-test models.
Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group
(Seattle, Wash) has awarded sub
contracts worth more than $655,000 to
This overwing combined slide/raft, manu
factured by the Air Cruiser Division of Garrett
(Belmar, New Jersey; tel (213) 776-1010),
has been certificated by the FAA and is on order
for the DC-lOs of the KSSU group, Air New
Zealand and Air Afrique. Each of the four
pairs of doors on a DC-10 has a different model
of slide/raft, with capacities varying from
34 to 55 persons. The small tubes on the
upper edges of the slide support an integral
canopy to protect the occupants when the
slide is used as a raft after a ditching. Water
ballast bags provide stabilisation and the
indicator mast with stripes on top shows the
stewardess that the slide, which cannot be
seen from the door, is fully inflated '
*x
Casa (Madrid) for 727 rear-airstair
assemblies and rudder tabs.
Air France has ordered two blind-
flying and radionavigation trainers
from the Simulation and Electronic
Systems Division of Le Materiel Tele-
phonique (Boulogne).
International Aeradio ( S o u t h a 11,
Middx) has been awarded a contract
worth nearly £53,000 by Aeronautical
Radio of Thailand, for communication
control equipment for Tung Mahamek
ATCC and Bangkok Airport.
People and posts
Mr T. Jack Heckelman has been
named director of system programmes
for Bendix International.
Mr Barry J. Shillito has been
appointed president of Teledyne Ryan
Aeronautical.
Mr Derek J. John has been
appointed to the board of British
Aircraft Corporation (Commercial Air
craft) as sales director.
Mr Renzo Taguchi has been named
chairman of Ishikawajima - Harima
Heavy Industries and Dr Hisashi
Shinto has taken over as its president.
Mr Rex Nicholson has been
appointed managing director of the
Bristol Engine Division of Rolls-Royce
(1971).
Mr Anthony Spooner is retiring
from his position of head of aircraft
noise and SST programmes at Icao
and is to become an aviation consul
tant.
Mr Forbes Mann is to head LTV's
corporate office, to be established in
Washington DC, from which govern
ment relations and international opera
tions will be conducted.
Mr Geoffrey C. Bendle has been
named manager of the newly formed
Engine Vibration Monitoring Group of
the UK branch of the Endevco Dyna
mic Instrument Division.